Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Plantations and Power & Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU), which rose 12.50% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.900 at the close. Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) added 11.14% or 3.80 points to end at 37.90 and Autodrome PLC (CM:AUTO) was up 9.31% or 6.70 points to 78.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which lost 11.11% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.800 in late trade. Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU) declined 7.89% or 2.70 points to end at 31.50 and Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL) shed 7.25% or 2.00 points to 25.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 99 to 55 and 62 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $57.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.22% or 0.14 to hit $64.13 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 4.68 to trade at $1276.92 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.13% to 201.580, while USD/LKR fell 0.15% to 153.360.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 94.98.